Facepalm
We take great pleasure in being able to invite you to the launch of the
new University of Sydney Institute for Sustainable Solutions […] This new multi-disciplinary Institute will be a focal point for some of the world’s leading thinkers, researchers and
educators in disciplines such as renewable energy, land and water
sustainability; economic development; population growth and public
health; and food and energy security.
Let me see if I’ve got this right. People are worried about sustainability, yes? So they’ve built an institute, yes? To be followed by
a debate on sustainability
Let me remind you that this is the University of Sydney (the Sustainable Campus), which has just spent tens of millions of dollars on knocking down several buildings, digging up a park, and building a new Law Faculty and shiny spaceship admin block. And it’s still a fucking swamp outside Biochemistry.
Does anyone have a spare brain? Mine just exploded.
October 31st, 2008 at 15:30
I enjoyed the way, when we attended the science revue recently, the sprinklers are left on out in front of MMB in the middle of the night when it was raining rather heavily.
I can’t criticise the levitating deck chairs, though, they look like they’re from the future. Inspires the students to great things, the right deck chairs.